Railway-joint plate.



W. G-OLDIE, JR.

RAILWAY JOINT PLATE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1911.

Patented Dec. 28, 1913.

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W. GOLDIB, JR.

RAILWAY JOINT PLATE,

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6. 1911. I

1,082,0Q2. Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

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. RAILWAY-JOINT PLATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 'Dec. 23, 19 13.

Application filed January 6, 1911. Serial No. 601,184.

='Joint-Plates; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact dc 'scri tion thereof.

y invention relates to railway track joints'and supports. Its object is to provide a combined support fortwo adjoining rails at their junction between the ties cud tie 'plate or rail fastening for supporting ties.

In 'other words, the object of my invention 1s to provide in one rigid structure a rail fasten-ing device comprising two tie plates each supporting and holding twoadjoining rails on the two adjacent ties, and

an integral connecting'portion forming a rail support underneath the rail joint.

The general nature of my invention a pears from the above statement of its 0 ject, the structure provided being regarded by me as broadly new as an article of manufacture.

' While rail joints, fish plates and chairs have been constructed in a great number of forms, so far as Iknow, these devices have always merely fastenedtogether two adjoining rails between the ties, even if the fastening device is itself supported upon one or more of the ties; or have supported the rails at their junction on a given tie, thus performing the holding and wear-saving function of the typical tie plate, aswell as the track alining function of the rail joint, but only, in this case, where the joint is upon the tie.

It is now. well known in railway practice that the preferable form'of rail junction is the open one, where the two rail ends join between the ties; and by my in vention I provide in a unitary and preferably integral structure, a rail joint support and tie plates upon the adjoining ties, my invention comprising preferably a truss support pro vided with depending flanges beneath the rail junction and also-an improved form of claw'tie plate having all the advantages of the well known claw plate type as well as preferably the claw construction described in my United States Letters Patent No.884,578

of 'April 14, 1908, andNo. 911,230 of Feb. 2, 1909. I

I In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 IS a side View of a rail joint illustrating one form of my invention as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 Fig. 1. F 1g. 8 is a top perspective view of the railway joint plate illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and Fig. 4 is a bottom perspective view of the same. a l

The adjoining rails 1 and 2 illustrated n Figs. 1 and 2 are supported upon the ad acent ties 3 and 4, having their junction 5 between the same. The joint plate 6 illus- .-ated comprises the rail joint supporting portion 7 and the tie plate portions 8 and 9 integral therewith. The supporting portion 7 is preferably provided with the depending flan es 10 extending preferably the greater portion of he distance between the ties 3 and 4 and'tnereby forming with the connecting portion 7 proper a truss support for' the rall joint. The tie plate portions 8 and 9 extend beneath the rails 1 and 2, supporting them upon-thetie's 3. and 4,'re spectively, and thereby increasing the life ofthe said ties, and performing the other well known functions of a tie plate. I prefer to provide the tie plate portions 8 and 9 with the claws or pins 11 which have their greatest horizontal dimension transverse to the tie or side thrust on the rail during traffic. The claws 11 are arranged on each side of the rail base, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and may be of any desired depth, the outer set of claws 11 in each tie plate portion and the inner set of claws 11 each having a tapered or sheared point portion 12 and a substantially flat face 13, arranged preferably facing outwardl or away from the rail base. I am ena led to rovide claws of this nature by inserting an riveting them in the form of pins in the slots l-l punched in the joint plate preferably in the grooves 15 between the slight rib 16 rolled in said plate. The manner of inserting the said claws or pins is described more particularly in my said United States Letters Patent No. 884,578 and No. 911,230 both above noted, and it is sufficient here to mention that the claws may thereby be arranged in any desired position or fashion and any required number may be employed either below or outside the rail base 17.

era-big the en- 9, serving not the rail base .we in li e 'ezi'uesei the p32 e are rolled the piaie imentions 11 be (.1, he fish plates 29 and 21 may be 111.01 secure the mil joint and l and. '1 their in eombie. 4,

on is not, 3059?! tie espeoialiy where the improved; form 0.?

vides an even more neally perfect rail joint and SHPPOYfiU; device. The fish plates and h'istmted ais-of two somewhat (:iifieren Ol'ifiS being connected by the bolts 22in the reguizr: manner; It is also apparent 11215 my invention may emp'ioyed to support and. fasten one mil upon two etijecent ties the oonnecting portion between the es mg 470 Stifiifill the mil Where he is especially heavy, or iiis desired for any yea-sop provlcle an especrliy mgld and I e ea.

my joint plate comprising 1L uppol'ting portion adapted extend 5 mil. bases, end ateportions integral therewith am: 15; the rail bases on two adj aceint an i'nregra' shoulder extending longito aoutagai'flst fine rail bases e joint port' :1 depending; is J support g poflion :1

ween. the ties and complete port for the exiier length of ti device ulioal elges thereof 'enmgs, ihe com is andtwo ed deem; flee 0; plate oom ansmg two he 11s edaptecl to support the r W and provied Wim oh'lws seam; having their broad 1 Mensrersely of me ties to thereon and means for holding in said tie plate portions, 1m

phi'e porfiions and provided with 1 flangesto smfen -the m1 01m;

g1- nn ridges-extending throughout the law n 01 the devlce at the extreme opposlte RT 0. TOTTEN, J 051". F. Wm

14; supporting portion connecting. 

